The audience at a Tumwater School District Board of Directors work session chanted “repeal, resign, replace” and “trans rights are human rights” in an effort to interrupt the meeting.
Members of the public protested at the Thursday, April 10, work session with shouting and loud music that could be heard in the live stream broadcast. The commotion led Board President Melissa Beard to recess the meeting.
A prior work session was also recessed due to noticeable commotion among the community members, similar to the February meeting where board members alleged they were harassed by the public.
The audience was protesting the district’s support of an athletics organization’s stance on limiting the participation of transgender girls in sports.
At the start of the meeting, Beard cautioned the community members about being “disruptive" at the work session.
“Welcome everyone to our assessment and budget work session. I'm here to say that you are welcome to be here if you are not disruptive,” said Beard to the audience.
“Once you start to disrupt the meeting then we will ask you to leave. If you do not leave then we will trespass you, and then you will be forced to leave,” Beard added.
The audience also interrupted Assistant Superintendent Meagan Dawson’s report on student assessment in the Tumwater School District.
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JulesJames
They have spoken. So they need to sit down and allow others to speak. That is democracy. Unless their issue of playing high school sports on the teams of their choosing is the paramount issue facing Tumwater School District and/or the globe. Its not.
Friday, April 11 Report this
Quadlok
Sick of politicians shitting all over human rights and then trying to hide behind decorum. Despicable cowards at best and vile, narcissistic bigots in all likelyhood.
Friday, April 11 Report this
ConservativeHippie
Wow. JOLT is copying the Olympian?
This is not at all the real story, and I expect better from the JOLT staff on local matters. I even offered to give my eye witness footage and testimony to the JOLT.
What is hidden is the limited seating constructed to keep people out, including people supportive of the board. Lack of transparency on what arrival time was required to get a special access seat.. A wildly inappropriate contracted thug at the entrance, who exposed the district to liability with terrible execution of security.
There was zero police presence to begin the meeting, despite known information on the contentious issue.
The kids were being kids. The adults set everyone up for failure.
Friday, April 11 Report this
MamaBear
Gee, you never see trans boys playing on boys teams. Could it be that they can't make the team because they are not strong enough, fast enough, big enough? Trans girls, on the other hand.....
Friday, April 11 Report this
Acadian04
Sounds as if they could have benefitted from the presence of a school resource officer.
Friday, April 11 Report this
ConservativeHippie
Apologies. I had it wrong. Judging by the time stamps of the articles, The JOLT News published the story first, and it seems other local news organizations followed the basic story line as laid out by The JOLT.
This does not change the hidden storylines I provided in my previous comment. There is more to this story.
Saturday, April 12 Report this
Info2Consider
Do they make sure that people attending are actually "The Community"?
Saturday, April 12 Report this
Southsoundguy
These aren’t community members they are fringe psychos. They are promoting mental and physical abuse against children.
Saturday, April 12 Report this
Dogmom
As usual, the radical left can't have meaningful dialog, they just yell & scream & nothing gets discussed.
Saturday, April 12 Report this
Boatyarddog
DOGMOM.. you mean like the post above yours?
Lunatic fringe in all of its ugliness
Saturday, April 12 Report this
Southsoundguy
Boatyard, how long have you been a pedophile supporting child abuse?
Sunday, April 13 Report this
Boatyarddog
@SS GUY, These aren't your children!
You have NO rights to how or Whom raises them.
So, shut up and go back into your TROLL CAVE.
You have Mental Illness ,Your Not welcome in Olympia.
Sunday, April 13 Report this
Southsoundguy
Brainwashing kids into taking actions that scar them for life is something I’m concerned about, especially when it’s promoted by the government. Why are you so concerned about torturing them? I understand you have to go through the mental gymnastic to justify your position, and I don’t care. Im not letting the area I live in be conquered any further by insane liberal ideas, so I will continue doing what I can in forums like this and elsewhere. At the end of the day, I am confident I will win because your ideology is self-terminating. When you’re gone, nothing you think you’ve built will remain. The future is Right because reality is Right.
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